The Present and the Past canal boats

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A useful appendix contains family trees of the important ruling and noble houses at the time of the Wars of the Roses

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The Present and the Past canal boats"Ivy Compton Burnett is one of the most original, artful, and elegant writers of our century." Hilary Mantel When Cassius Clare and his first wife divorced, he insisted upon retaining custody of their two sons; he then remarried and fathered three more children. Now the first Mrs. Clare has returned after nine years' absence, begging to be allowed to visit the children. Cassius takes a malicious pleasure in granting her request, certain that she and